23 JANUARY 1999, page 48
Singular Life
Conduct becoming Petronella Wyatt I was sitting in the doctor's waiting-room nursing an ailment when I was addressed by a female .acquaintance. Her face was flushed with rude......
Country Life
The wedding business Leanda de Lisle A new year calls for new ventures. It struck me that, instead of lending our house and grounds for nothing as we have done in the past, we......
Bridge
Disruption Andrew Robson IT IS notoriously hard to reach the correct contract after the opponents have opened with a pre-emptive bid (a three-or four-level opener showing a weak......